Volatile Keyword Codelisting

A volatile declaration indicates that a field can be modified in a program by OS, Hardware (mouse, modem) or a thread
System reads the current value of the volatile object at the point it is requested
Value of the object is written immediately on assignment
Usually used for a field that is accessed by multiple threads without using the lock statement

Code Listing: Volatile

// csharp_volatile.cs

class Test
{
public volatile int i;

Test(int _i)
{
i = _i;
}

public static void Main()
{

}
}